Cigarette-pouch-packaging mechanism



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nrtearon DE ESCOBALES, or ,BROQKLYN, NEW YORK, assreuon TO H. nscoBAnEs 00.

Inc, or NEW YORK, 1v. A CORPORATION or new YORK.

CIGARETTE- POUGH PACKAGING MECHANISM.

Application filed February 4, 1921 T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HrLAnioN Dn Esco- BALES, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in'the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ciga rette-Pouch-Packaging Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mechanism for applying pouch, or cup, wrappers to cigarette packages, and more especially to mechanism which is adapted to be used as an attach ment to existing machines which automatically supply, bunch and compress cigarettes of suitable number, wrap them in inner, or intermediate wrappers and then insert the packages so produced-into separately formed paper cups or pouches, which are placed by hand in position to receive the embryo, or partially wrapped packages, as they are successively ejected from the automatic machine.

The patent to Elberon D. Smith, No. 1,114,053, dated-October 20, 1914, shows and describes a wrapping machine of the class referred to; and a leading object of my in-.

vention is to provide automatic mechanism for applying cup-wrappers, suitable for at-- tachment to such machine, including machines now in use and made in general ac cordance with the disclosure of the abovementioned patent, although such machines may differ in certain respects, more or less, from the exact structure disclosed in the patent.

The patented machine, as stated, requires cup-wrappers to be separately produced complete, and placed by hand on a spout through which the embryo packages are pushed by an ejector, which then forces the cup wrapper with its contained cigarettes and intermediate wrapper from. the spout, to be carried off by a conveyor. The machine is therefore limited in output to the rate at which an attendant can properly position the cup-wrappers.

My invention aims to increase the outputspeed of such machines and to remove any limitation imposed by the stated hand op eration, by automatically applying the cupwrappers to the embryo packages; and preferably also, as in the presentexemplifying embodiment, avoids the cost and other dis advantages incident to the separate producgroups of 7 Serial No. 442,404.

tion and handling of the cup-wrappers by automatically forming them.

A large number of machines of the patented type are in use, representing a high money value; and one important object of my invention is to provide mechanism having the desired functions in the form of an attachment, which can easily be applied to the existing machines with few and cheaply made changes, which do not involve anything approaching redesigning or rebuilding such machines.

Complex problems are involve'd'in the conception and practical embodiment of mechanism for attaining the desired objects, and

especially in embodying such mechanism in attachment to existing ma- Among these the form of an chines of the indicated type. problems are the following:

The patented machine includes means 101 compressing a segregated group of cigarettes, placing and folding an intermediate wrapper about them, and maintaining the compression of the package during and after such wrapping, to prevent expansion of the package and dislocation of the wrapper, and finally the presentation of the package, with the wrapping operation 1 n'actically completed, at a point where it is acted upon by the ejector, n'eviously mentioned, to push it through the spout, the compression of the package being maintained at this, as well as previous positions. The space available at this position is small, and 1S circum-I scribed by various stationary and movable parts of the machine. and it is necessary to arrange the attachment mechanism soth'at it will receive the packages at the position mentioned, maintain them in proper form, and perform the necessary operations of placing pouch-wrappers upon them and preferably also of forming the wrappers,

without interference with the existing mechanism, beyond the removal of superfluous parts, such as the spout referred to, and addition of few parts, such as driving and link connections, and similar minor alterations.

My invention provides a satisfactory solution of these problems.

In a packaging machine of the patented type it is found that occasionally the mechanism for supplying a group of cigarettes to one of the pockets, or for supplying the 'in- I161 wrapping,

I themain machine; consequently or other parts of the mechanism fail to act properly, resulting in the absence of a package from one of the pockets as it approaches the point of discharge from the rotary table, or in the presentation of a defective package at this point. These occurrences would be sufliciently frequent, in the absence of means for taking care of this difficulty; to cause the waste of a substantial number of cup wrappers when my attachment mechanism is used with such a machine or to cause considerable difficulty from the improper feeding and accumulation of wrappers, some of which would not be used by reason of failure of a package to be delivered to the pouch applying mechanism consequent upon the stated machine to deliver a package, or livery of a defective package.

An important object of the present invention is to provide for such failures or imperfect operations of the patented machine, and this is accomplished by providing means for omitting the feed of a pouch wrapper at a time properly corresponding to the position of the defective or omitted package in when there by the deis a vacancy in the procession of packages mechanism,

for grouping and fed to the pouch applying mechanism, corresponding to the omitted package, there is a corresponding omission of a pouch wrapper atthe initial wrapper applying position and waste of wrappers or difficulties consequent upon the supply of an unnecessary number of wrappers are avoided.

This wrapper-sheet feed-controlling mechanism may vary greatly, and in the present embodiment of the machine I show only one exemplifying form (with certain modifications), consisting of a detector device which becomes active, upon the omission of a package3in the patented type of machine, and thereupon controls an electric circuit including a magnet to operate a clutch incorporated in the cup-Wrapper sheet-feeding soas to omit the feed of a wrapper at a. time corresponding properly to the position of the omitted package.

While my invention is desirably embodied in the form of an attachment, for the reason stated it is not necessarily so embodied; and from one point of view the invention may be regarded as'a part of a complete machine initially wrapping and then automatically applying pouch wrappers to cigarette packages or the like. Evidently ,the novel structures of the present invention or suitable subordinate parts of it may be embodied in a machine of different design from machines of the type of patent referred to. Certain features of the inven tion, parts and sub-combinations of parts are also available and valuable aside from the complete structure as hereinafter .de'

scribed.

failure of the main ments, it will be understood that many variations may be madein details and incombinations and subcombinations of parts in accordance with the principles of the inven-- tion, and I contemplate the employmentof any structures which are within the scope of the claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings:

; Fig. 1 is a plan view partlyin section, of an attachment embodying my invention, showing sufiicient parts of an existing wrapping machine to enable the connection and operation of the attachment in conjunction with said'machine to be understood;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation with some parts in section; v

Fig. 3 is a right-hand end elevation;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an embryo package in initial relation to a cup-wrapper sheet;

Fig. 5 shows the wrapper sheet partially folded about the package.

Fig. 6 shows additional ing.

steps in the foldplaced upon the embryo package by the operations of my attachment mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view from a front elevation view-point of Fig. 1, showing the cup wrapper sheet feed and conveying mechanism, and illustrative of certain sheet positions therein. V

Fig. 9 is an enlarged package detector mechanism as applied to the initial wrapping machine. Fig. l0is a view, partly in elevation partly in section, of the same.

I 11 is an enlarged horizontal section of a part of the. cup wrapper sheet feed mechanism, showing mainly its clutch mechanism and clutch operating means.

Fig. 1.2 is an enlarged elevation detail of the same. I 13 is a diagram of a modification of the cup-wrapper con trol-fceding mechanism. Fig. '14 is a detail plan view of the final package pressing and conveying channel.

Fig. 15 is a plan view y'vith some parts omitted of a modified. embodiment of my attachment mechanism. in which the chan nel arrangement and the movement of the and Fig. 7 shows the comp cup Wrapper embr o acka cs are considerablr sim li- \1 end of a spout, best shown on a bar 12 groups of cigarettes of predetermii'ied number are placed by suitable mechanism, in association with an initial or intermediate wrapper P (Figure 4-), The table is intermittently rotated and finally a pocket 2 is brought to the position B in Figure l, op 'POSItG a stationary supporting block 3 ear ried by a stationary table 4. At this posi tion the packages which will be defined in their present condition as embryo pack ages, are elevated between plates 5 and 6 beneath a horizonal plate 7., and the three plates 5. 6 and 7 are moved forward by a slide to which they are attached (not here shown), carrying the package in properly assemblec and compressed condition over the upper surface of block 3 to a position where the package P, shown in dotted lines, is in front of an ejector plunger 8. Asthe package moves forward over the surface 3 the formation of the inner wrapper is com-- plete, except that an end flap of the wrap per projects downward along the vertical face 9 of block 3, as shown in Figures 17 and 32 of the patent. a clearance being provided along said block face to permit the movement of said proiecting flap. The ejector 8 now moves to the right in Figure 1 to move the embryo package into the open in the patent in Figure 32, and in this movement the downwardly projecting flap of the package is smoothed over against the lower package side'by the upper rounded edge of a block (283 in the patent). A separatelyformed pouch wrapper (285 in the patent) was previously placed over the outeren'd of the spout againsta stern and the ejector forces the embryo package through the spout and into the cup and then forces the completely pouch-wrapped package off of the spout onto a conveyor. The vertical plates 5, 6 and 7 at about this time return to the posi tion shown in Figure 1, plate 6 being pivoted to its carrier to permit this return movement without interference with other parts.

The ejector 8 in the'patented structure is carried by a plunger 10 which in turn carried by slide 11 reciprocably mounted secured to a bracket 13 fixed to moved by a link 14 table 4,; and the slide is the upper end connected to a cam lever 15. of which extends through a slot 16 in the stationary table: and the cam lever is oscillated at suitable intervals in relation to other operative parts by a cam and driving connections. as fully explained in the patent. i

The patented stru-eturealso includes a shaft arranged in an upperhorizontal position which carries a number of cams and other fragment 1-? of this shaft is shown in zted lines in Figure lv operative parts of the machine. and

'A number of stationary and movable parts of the mechanism of: the existing machine are therefore, located in the neighborhood of the position in which the embryo package P is shown in Figure 1. My invention, devised in the present. embodiment an attachment to the described machine is organized so that after the spout of the main machine, above referred to, is removed the attachment may be put in position practically without the existing machine, except the addition of a very few and simple driving parts and connections, the attachment organization being adapted to the restricted space and other'eonditions existing in the main machine, some of these restrictions and limi tations having been referred to previously, and the exped'ients of attachment andconnections and other slight modifications-of the existingmachine being further suttieiently explained hereafter.

The attachment mechanism includes cupwrapper applying mechanism D and transferring or conveying mechanism. and pret erably these principal instrumentalities are secured on a support or table, so that such mechanism. except minor connections, eto, constitutes a unit which may be easily attached to the initial packaging machine. The wrapper-applying mechanism is located in such a position that it will not conflict with stationary or operative parts of the main machine when the attachment is employed; and the conveying mechanism is ar-' ranged to transfer the embryo packages-from their pointof delivery by the main machine, to the cup-wrapper-a'pplying mechanism; and to maintain the packages in properlywrapped and compressed condition during transfer.

The cup wrapper applying mechanism may ary greatly. In the present embodiment the cup wrapper is presented in the form of a flat sheet or blank which is provided with adhesive as it moves to application position, and the wrapper is then'applied to the advancing embryo package in properly registered position and is secured on the end of the package by the adhesive; the packageand blank are then advanced together and the wrapper is folded about the package to form a complete cup wrapper the parts of which properly adhere together by reason oft-he adhesive.

Similarly, the transfer or conveying mechanism may vary greatly and as shown in the present embodiment it is especially adapted to the particular type and location-0f cup wrapper applying mechanism and to other present conditions.

'In the present embodiment the attachment mechanism is constructed and arranged as follows:

A supplemental table is bolted to sta-.

i mental tableruns alongside 2% extends over channel tionary table a and a part of this supple the edge 9 of block 3, providing clearance for the downwardly extending flap of the embryo: assembly previously referred to, and being provided with a rounded edge 21 over which the lower side of the embryo package passes as it is advanced by ejector .8 and said edge and the upper surface of the table member at this point smooth down the flap against the under side of the package, as in the operation of the patented structure. The spout previously referred to, which is located at this point, is removed and. is replaced by a package channel composed of the table surface adjacent toedge 21 just mentioned, uprights 23 and a top plate 24:, secured by screws 25 to the uprights. Communicating with this channel. is a transverse channel 28, the bottom of which is defined by the upper surface of table 20, the sides by upright members 29, and side top portions by plates screwed to the uprights. Ap'ortion of plate 28 and forms a part of its-upper marginal portion, co-operating with the left hand plate 30. The stroke of ejector 8 carries thewrapped package tothe position shown in dotted lines at P, where the right hand end of the package is against the right hand upright 29 and the left hand end of the package is clear of channel 22 and the package is; ready to advance? laterally into channel 28. j f

During the described movement of the package. intothe position P it is kept in proper compression,with the lnitial or intermediate wrapper in proper folded position, by confinement in the passage 22 and then by the inwardly extending portions of plates 30 and 24 which confine the ends of the package sufficiently to prevent any expansion or dislocation of the wrapper.

through the lateral The packages are advanced successively channel 28 by a reciprocatingpusher plate 32. shaped to conform approximately to thechannel. This plate lies normally at the inner end of the channel slightly out of the path ages P, as shown in Figure 1. The pusher plate 32is carried by an arm secured to a slide 3%! moving in guides 35. The slide is reciprocated by a lever 36 fulcrumed at 57 on an upright 38 table ands link 89 connecting the lower end of the lever to a bracket 40 on the slide. Mechanism. for actuating the lever in prep erly timedrelation to other parts of the mechanism will'be described hereafter. By

successive reciprocations of the feed plate 32 successive packages are advanced in close contact with each other and their compression is maintained until the foremost package reaches where it is held with sufficient firmness against a stop plate 4.1 secured to the supple of movementof .p ackpaper passes in secured to the supplemental the outer end of channel 28,

mental .table by screws 42 and forconvenience in the placing and removal. of the stop plate it maybe provided with slots 43, one of which be. vl haped and the other straight, inits base, so that it may be quickly put in. place by an obvious co-operationof with the slots andv theshanks of screws &2, and secured by tightening the screwsi. .Righthand channel. upright 29 is cut away toprovide a passage at 45 for the embryo packages and-the left-hand upright-29 is cut away at 46 to provide a passage for a feed plunger e7. mounted on a reciprocating rod 48 carried in guide members 49 secured to the table. Plunger 47 at each stroke advances a package from the outer end of channel 28to the mechanism for placing upon it a cup wrapper, by automatic operations, which will be presently described. i

Rod 48.015 plunger M is conveniently oper ated by connect-ion with slide 11 of the existing machine in the following manner A bracket 50 is secured to table 4 extending inward over the rotary table 1 of the ma chine, roombeing found for this bracketlat to j the place indicated in the drawing. A lever 56 secured to slide ll has a stroke suflicient retracted position. of l igurelv into engagement with a package at the outer end of channel QS-and then to move the package all the way through from the point where a cup wrapping paper is applied tothe advancing end of the package to a pointwhere'the wrapper is partially folded about the package andthe package ismoved downward through a channel which further and final wrapping operations are performed.

The initial wrapping channel extending horizontally at a right angle from the outer end of channel 28. extends past a slot 65 I in the table throuoh which the cup wrapper front of each advancing package, and extends to the point 66, Fig

ure 2, where the'packages are in position,

to be moved downward through the vertical is connected at 55 by 60 to a post 61 secured i and final wrapping channel, defined by a depending frame member 67 securedto the under side of the supplemental table, and by plates 68, and associated devices later described.-. Driving means areprovided for suitable 'cup-wrapper-sheet'feeding, conveying and gumming mechanism and other parts ofthe attachment, including the following:

An upright or standard 79 bolted. on

table 20 in a position opposite uprigh and a. drive shaft 71 is supported in. bearings '22 in these uprights. At a point on drive shaft 17, which is a principal operative part of the patented machine, as previously mentioned, room is found between other parts connected to said shaft for a drive sprocket ,73, shown in dotted lines in Figure 1; and this is connected by chain 74 to a sprocket 75 on atta hment driving shaft 71. Shaft "Z1 provides means for driving the cup-wrapper-feeding, conveyin and gumming mechanism, and certain parts of the package feeding and wrapping mechanism, as will appear.

Located on the supplemental table'is wrapper sheet feeding, conveying and ad'- hesive applying mechanism, certain suitable forms of which aremore fully described in myprevious applications, Serial No. 154-,- 147, filed March 13, 1917, and Serial No. 429,696 filed December 10, 1920. The salient. features of such mechanism will now be briefly described, rcferenc being made to said applications for a more complete description of the mechanism; and certain additions to such sheet feeding mechanism, especially valuable in. the present adaptation, will then be described. v

A stack of cup wrapper sheets S is sup ported on a table78 and the table is sup ported above supplemental table 20 by frame members 79 and 80. Uprights 80 pro vide bearings for a shaft 81. which is the drive shaft of the sheet feed and conveying mechanism, and is driven by bevel gears 82 from shaft 71. Adjacent to shaft 81' is a shaft 83 connected to shaft 81 by gears 84 and 85. Uprights 80 also carry a revoluble shaft 86 and the uprights are provided with extensions 87 supporting a shaft 88. rights 80 also support revolubleshafts'89, 90 and 91. Shaft 81 carries a conveyor roll 93 and co-operating with thisare and 95 on shafts 86 and 88 respectively. The three rolls are provided with band grooves 96 in which are located continuous conveyor bands 97, conveniently of the closecoiled spring type. Shaft 83 carries a conveyor roll 99, usually of the same size as roll 93, and co-operating with this and a roll 100 carried by shaft 89 and idler rolls car ried by shafts 90 and 91, The rolls last mentioned are provided with grooves near their ends corresponding in position to the grooves of rolls 93, 94 and 95, and in these grooves are located substantially parallel to bands 97 and of similar form. The bands 106 and 9. pro vide two active conveyor flights 109, the upper portion of which is curved about roll 99 and a converging entrance is provided, at 110 for sheets delivered from the bottom of stack S. Rolls 93 and 9 1 are also desirably provided with central grooves 112 in rolls 94 conveyor bands 106.

' bands and which is located a central band for supporting the sheets adjacent to the gummer.

An oscillating feed frame comprising side members 115 and 116 connected by transverse rods 117 is pivoted on the axis of shaft 83 and this frame has an arm 120 provided with a cam. roller 121 engaging the periphery of cam 122 on shaft 81. The frame also carries a rotatable shaft 124 connected to shaft 83 by means of gears 125, 126 and an idler gear 127. faced feed roll l30'adapted to be brought into contact with the lower sheet of the stack S when the feed frame is oscillated by cam 122. v In one form of the invention gear 126 may be fixed on shaft 124 and in that case the feed roll 130 is continually driven by the gearconnections described from shaft 71, and at each contact with the sheet stack it feeds forward the lowermost sheetthrough' a suitable aperture in the sheet supporting means and the forward edge of this sheet passes into the entrance 110 where it is grasped by the active flight of the conveyor discharged bands and carried downward and I through an opening 132 in table 20 'with its lower edge resting on a stop 133. The sheet is then free from the conveying mechanism and in position to be engaged by a package advanced by plunger 47, the package strik ing the center of the vertically supported sheet as shown in Figure 4. Support 133 is preferably provided with a vertical plate 134, and the table is provided with depend ing members 135, the plate and depending members providing spaced guides for the sheet, in which freedom. justable as an ear 137 secured to the upper endof a screw 138, which passes through separated lugs 139 on frame member 67 and is engaged by a knurled nut 140 located between the lugs so that by rotation of the nutthe screw and the support may be adjusted vertically to properly position the sheet.

Adjacent to the active conveyor flight is with suitable desirably adthe sheet rests The support 133 is gumming mechanism G (Figures 2 and 8) of any suitable type, including in this embodiment a roll 145, having raised peripheral portions spaced so as to apply to the wrappersheet suitable strips a and a of'adhesive as indicated in Figure 4 and these raised portions of theroll are at the same time arranged so as to avoid conflict with the conveyor bands. Each med as it passes through the conveyor, and suitable provision is made (consisting in this case of the relative arrangement of conveyor gumming surfaces of roll to prevent application of adhesive to the bands in the absence of a wrapper sheet. 7

In the normal operation'of the machine,

Shaft 124 carries a-rubber' supporting lower part of the wrapper for example by providing it with sheet, therefore, is' guma i brought into embryo package.

Y subsequent folding operations.

wither movement of the plunger .of a wrapper sheet, as

each advancing movement of plunger 47- removes a package from the transverse channel into the position shown in Figure 4:, with its advancing end against the center above stated. The embryo package. and wrapper are thus ment and the proper positioning of the wrapper upon the package is maintained by adhesionof the'glue stripes previously applied to the bottom or advancing end of the the wrapper is so maintained during the In the furthe package and wrapper assembly are advanced between table surface 1 17 and a plate 148, and the. wrapper sheet is folded so that portions 8' and 8 lie against upper andlower sides of the package, and adhesive stripes a are inj-contact with the end and sides of the package, as shown in Figure 5. End folds s arethen made by end-folding plates 150 having outwardly curved forward ends.- These plates are carried by stems 151 adjustably held by screws 152. Spaces are left forthe passage of side flaps s and s between the upper and lower edges of the end folding. plates and plate 148 and the table surface respectively. The package in the form shown in Figure 5 then comes to rest above the vertical folding channel and the plunger is retracted. The package here rests upon hinged plates normally held up by springs 156. Near the rear end of each of the plates 155 and near its inner edge, the upper surface of each plate is provided with a rounded projection 155 These projections serve to apply added pres sure to sides of the packagenear its closed end as it descends between theplates; that is this added pressure is applied to firmly press down the creases at s", Figure 7. Two side-folding plates 158 carried by a vertical plunger 159 are then moved down and fold the flaps 8 down against the narrow sides of the package,as shown in Figure 6. A plunger 160 connected to a vertically reciprocating rod 161 is then moved down upon the upperfa-ce of the package and depresses the package between which turn downward against their springs and fold up side flaps 8 against the narrow sides of the packages and over flaps s, different portions of the adhesive strips 41; adhering to surfaces of thepackage and to surfaces of the pouch wrapper during the last described operations. The package is then substantially complete as shown in Figure 7, the inner or embryo package P being enclosed in a completely formed pouch wrapper entirely enclosing the package except at one end, which is left exposed for ready access, by tearing, to the contained cigarettes, as is desirable in packages of this properly registered engage-- The proper position of' from plates 169 the hinged plates 155,

kind. The downward movement of plunger 0 160 moves the package substantiallyto the position of'upper package P in the'colum'n' of. packages in the vertical folding and best shown in Figure 7 3. Here the packages lie in flatwise contact,"

pressing channel, as

and are successively advanced between suit able devices for retaining and pressing the side flaps to insure proper adhesion of the gummed stripes, such device being representedin the present embodiment by endless belts 165, carried by rollers 166, which have shafts 167 mounted in hearings in depending frame members 67 and 68. Between the two spring-abutment plates 169, having end flanges 170 secured to the frame members by screws 171. Bearing against the inner active flights of the belts are pressure plates pressed inward, to cause the innerbelt flights to engage the package column with suitable pressure, by springs'176 supported by studs 177. The lowermostv packages flights of each belt are located in the column are succes sively discharged upon a table 180, where the sides of the packages lie between adjust able blocks topositively press the side folds of the packages. These blocks may be adjusted inwardly by screws 180*. These lowermost packages are then discharged laterally upon table'180 by a plunger. 184: carried by a reciprocating rod 185, the brushes 181 in the discharge movement the side flaps. Instead of a discharge. table 180 a suitable continuous conveyor maybe of the packages further pressing and smoothing down ice provided, or the completed packages may be' otherwise disposed of.

Suitable mechanism is comprising in the present case the following:'

Shaft 71 is provided with a circular cam body 188 having a cam groove 189 in which rests a cam roller 190 carried by a cam yoke carries the side-folding plates 158. Cam

groove 189 is designed and positioned so that the side-folding plates are moved down just after the packages are placed upon hin ed plates 155.

Shaft 71 also carriesa cam ing a; cam groove 201 in which rests a cam roller 202, which is located on the long arm 203 of a bell crank fulcrumed on the same pin 37 which forms a fulcrum for lever 36 provided for mov-' ing folding plates 158 and plunger 160,

which 11 body 200 havpreviously mentioned. The outer end of arm 203 is connected by a link 205 to the upper end of rod 161 previously mentioned, which carries plunger 160. Cam groove 20]. is designed and arranged so that through the bell crank and linkage described the plunger 160 is moved down just after the action of folding plates 158. To additionally guide plunger 160, it is preferably provided with a head 207, Figure 2, to which rod 161 isconnected and this head is also connected to another rod 208; and rods 161 and 208 reciprocate in suitable holes provided in a frame member 209.

Bell crank 203 above mentioned-also has a short arm 215 connected by a link 216 to av lever 217 fulcrumed at 218 on a part of upright 38. The lower end of this lever is connected by a link 219 to lever 36 which operates transverse plunger 32; and the lever and link connection described is such that the movement of the short arm 215 of the bell crank is sufficient to give the necessary transverse feed movement to plunger Thearrangement of the cam groove 201 is also such that the transverse plunger or feed plate 32 is moved at the proper time. shortly after a package has been placed in front of it by ejector plunger 8.

The final discharge plunger 184 is operated by an arm 221 connected to bar 48 which carries plunger 47. Arm 221 depends through a slot 222 in thesupplemental table and has its lower end apertured to embrace plunger rod185, which is slidably supported in sleeves 223, one of which is located on de pending frame member 67 and the other is located on a strut connected to the supplemental table. Collars 224 are adjustably secured on rod 185 by set screws or like means and the end of arm 221 moves between these collars with suitable lost motion, so that when plunger 47 is retracted to the position shown in Figure 2, plunger 184 is retracted;

and in the long feed movement ofplunger 47 the clearance between arm'221 and the right hand collar 224 is first taken up and then plunger 184 is moved forward sufficiently to eject the lowermost package from the vertical folding and pressing channel; and then plunger 184 is retracted in the rearward movement of plunger 47, and so on.

The normal operation of my attachmentmechanism has been described; that is. the,

operation desired in connection with the main machine when a package is properly formed in each pocket of the main machine and delivered in front of the ejector plunger. But as stated in the preamble there is a failure to present a package, or a properly formed and wrapped package,in a'considerable number of cases and to take care of this peculiarity of the patented type of machine, my invention includes means for omitting the feed of a cup-wrapper sheet in ac press down and hold in position is formed into a conical clutch surface 225.

engaged by a cone clutch 226 carried by a sleeve 227 slidably mounted on an extension of shaft 124, and connected to turn with the shaft by means of a pin 229. and slot 228 formed in the sleeve. The clutch sleeve is provided with collars 280, forming between them an annular groove engaged by a forked clutch-shifting arm 231, Figures 11 and 12. This arm is connected to the outer ends of rods234. which reciprocate in sleeves 23o mounted on a plate 236 connected to one of the side members 115 of the oscillating feed frame. On this plate are also secured one. or in the. present case two, electro magnets 240, and clutch shifter arm 231 is provided with tin-armature plate 241, the ends of which are adjacent to the ends ofthe magnet cores 242. Springs 243 located in the bottoms of sleeves 235 and acting on the inner endsof rods 234, nor-' mally hold clutch 226 and the clutch is engaged whenever the mag nets are energized.

located on rotary table 1 of the main machine,

at a suitable point of approach of the table to package-discharge position. Sunout of engagement:

This clutch engagement is effected whenevera package is properly able detector mechanism is prox idcd to act in connection with the clutch mechanism. comprising in the present embodiment the following: The patented type of machine is provided with a presser plate 245 (233 in the patent) overlying pockets 2 at the position A, Figure 1. and extending substantially from that position to points near the last previous pocket position and the subsequent position'B. which is the discharge position of the main machine, this plate serving to the pack ages in the pockets during their travel to and past the position A up to the position The presser plate 245 is carried by arms 246 pivoted at 247' ata fixed point on table 4 as best Arms 246 are connected to a plate 247 which in turn is connected to the pressure plate 238. I provide a frame member 250 arranged to straddle arms 246 and provided with angular feet 251 secnredvto plate 247 by screws 252 passing through the plate and engaging plate 233. The frame 250 has a cross member 254 and a top member 255.

shown in Figure 2 of the patent,

in plate 247 andanother slides under detector lPlate 233 is cut out to provide a socket260- accommodating a detector, or teeler-head 261, the lower surface or which normally lies slightly below the under face of plate This detector headis carried by a stem 262 passing through asuitablc guide hole suitable hole in frame cross piece 25 i. Acollar 265 is ad justabl y connected to the stem above plate 247 by'a set screw 266, to adjustably limit the downward movement othead 261. The head is urged downward bya'spring 267 oi? moderate strength,located between the col- I lar265 and cross piece 254:- 'Theupp'er 15' end of stem 262 carries a contact point-27G secured bya nut 271 and insulated by suitable means such as a washer 272, and a suitable flexible conductor wire 273 is connected tothe coir vtact point, conveniently der nut 271; A stationary 'contactpoint 275 is carried by frame member 255, and is provided with suitable adiiisting means and suitable insulating as for example washer 276 and sleeve 277 and to this coi'it'a'ct'point is, connected by a nut 278, a conductor wire Conductors 273 and 2'79 are in circuit through the magnets 2&0 as best indicated in Figure 12 and in the circuit is suitable s'ource'ot electrical energy, represented by a battery 281 v As a pocket 2,

containing a properly .iormed' package, ap 'noachee the's'tation A,

Figure 1,the upper surface of the package up and closes the electric circuit at contacts 270 -275'; magnets 24:0are energized, and clutch 226 is engaged and gear 126 is retatably connected with shaft 124:, whereupon teed roll 130 is rotated at the same time that it is brought into engagement with the lower sheet of stack S by the action of earn 122, to cause the properieeding of a the magnet circuit; clutch 226 isheld out by cup wrapper sheet. But if there is no pack age in the pocket at'station A, or if the package is incompletely filled the detector head 261 isnot raised sufficiently to close springs 243 and no wrapper is fed, This feed omission must be properly related to the entire procession of packages frompositien A to the point, 01" discharge from the main machine and in the feed channels of the attachment mechanism, The essentials of this relation are suiiiciently understood by mention of the fact that, with package and sheet-feed 'n'iechanisins arranged sub stantially as in the present embodiment, at

the time a skip in the sheet-teed occurs, one or more, usually two, wrappers have already been advanced by the feed mechanism, corresponding to previous perfectvpackages advanced by the rotary table and subsequent package-feed mechanism. One of these two wrappers is being located as shown in Figother is soniiewhere in the active by clamping it unhead 261 and moves it ure 8, on support 133, ready to be folded and the machine and a corresponding latitude in the relation of the accurate ship in feed of the ns indicated in wrapper that has already been attachment mechanism to the package omission of the mainnachine. This will be understood by mention of. the fact that on'iission of asheet traveling in the conveyor bands toward the applica plunger 4t? not confronted by a package in the transverse channel 28,, for the condia tions will be satisfiedit' a ,wrapper sheet is supplied at that time andthe next one is omitted, since the wrapper sheet so supplied w ll remain in position untll a package, is

t'cdagainst it plunger 47'; and a wrapper, sheet following the skip position willv then arrive in, position at the proper time to be engaged by the next advancing pack age corresponding to the package, following the actual skip in the package feed. s i

The action of this mecha-nisminthe pres-T ent specific arrangementis more particularly I explained as follows: Let it be assun'ied that in the position of parts shown in Figure 1 a properly filled pocket has been placed by table 1 atthe stationB and the pocketat'r'i 'is empty due to failure, of the main machine mechanism to supply the proper package in previous positions of the table. .The packthepocket at B and age is moved up from moved in front'of plunger 8 byplates-5 and 6.

At about this time the wrapper sheet feeding I mechanism (Figure 8) has placed a wrapper s at the position X and another reached approximatelytheposition Y and is moving downbetween the active flights of the conveyor bands. Plunger 8jthen moves the cigarette package into the first position of the transverse channel 28;- laterali:teed

plate 52 moves the column forward in, the channel, and immediately thereafter plunger 47 moves the outermost package from the channel into engagement with the sheetatX and on toward the verticaltolding channel, Theplungers are all retracted again to the position shown in Figure 1; the rotary table moves one step to bring the empty pocket 2 to the position'B; the elevating mechanism ion point need not, occur the identicaltime thatadvancing,

p wrapper has. ust been fed from the stack S andhas and plates '5 and 6 move forward and no package is deposited in During the time the station A the deas previously deoperates, (5 empty, front of plunger 8. empty pocket was at the tector mechanism operated scribed to omit the feed of a sheet from the stack during one action of cam 122. At about the time that the feed plungers are ready to operate, the sheet which was at the station Y, Figure 8 has reached the station X and no sheet has issued from the stack to approximately the Y position, on account of the skip in the feed operation. The plungers then act as usual in a package feeding operation, but there is no package fed, due to the absence of the package in front of plunger 8 which creates a corresponding vacancy in front of plungers 42 and 27 as they act in turn. The sheet at the station X therefore, remains in position and at the next feed operation, assuming that a filled pocket followed the empty pocket on table 1, the packages are fed as usual and the sheet located at the station X is applied to the advancing packages. Another sheet has in the meantime been fed from the stack and has now reached substantially the position Y and will reach the position X in time for the next package, and so on, as long as the rotary table pockets are properly filled. The

action corresponding to the omission of only one package has been described, but it will be evident from the foregoing that if two packages or more are omitted from the table pockets in succession there will be two or more skips in the pouch-wrapper feed operation, corresponding to the number of omitted packages.

The detector mechanism described need not necessarily be employed in connection with the sheet feed omitting mechanism. The operator may observe the condition of packages advancing toward the position. of cup wrapper application, and when a defective package is noted, he may operate the clutch 226 by suitable mechanical means, or by pressing a button inserted in the electric circuit 279, whereupon the feed of a wrapper will be omitted, as sufficiently explained above.

Figure 13 shows diagrammatically a somewhat modified arrangement of the wrapper sheet feed controlling mechanism. In this arrangement the clutch 226 is held normally in engagement by a spring285 acting on a shifting lever 286 fulcrumed at 287. The detector head 261 or a member connected with it is arranged to be supported between pockets 2 by a rail 288 properly lo cated on table 1. Detector stem 262 carries an insulated contact 290 co-operating with a fixed contact 291. Magnet or mag nets 240 are arranged to attract an armature on the adjacent end of shifting lever 286. The circuit remains open and the clutch "300 directly remains in engagement while the detector head is held up by rail 288 or by a package P properly located in the pocket 2' at the position A of Figure 1; but whenever a package is omitted the detector head will drop somewhat into the pocket, sufiiciently to close the circuit, energize the magnet and withdraw the clutch to cause a skip in the wrapper sheet feed as before described. In this arrangement the magnet circuit 5 is open, except when there is a skip in pack age presentation, with a corresponding economy of electrical energy.

Many other arrangements of mechanical as well as electrical devices may be used for the sheet feed control and the ones here particularly described are intended, in the broader aspect of the invention, only as examples of suitable means for this purpose.

Figure 15 shows a general organization of the attachment mechanism which is consid erably simplified and desirable in many cases. The forward transfer plate 6 shown in Figure 1, of the existing type of machine, is omitted, and the initially wrapped packages are advanced by plate 5 over table surfacel, under the upper plunger, int-o the entrance of a package channel 300 composed of side plates 302 and upper plates 304: which project somewhat over the ends of the packages. A package P is shown in the position in which it lies in this channel at the end of its movement from the main machine. As the packages commence to move toward the channel 300, their initial wrappers have projecting end flaps, and in the existing machine a curved folding member 306 is provided to fold up this flap at one end of the embryo package. For the purposes of my invention, this folding member is duplicated at 308 to provide for the folding of the other end flap up against the adjacent end of the embryo package. Plunger 8 of the existing machine, as previously described, is omitted, but portion of the bar 12, and the bracket 56 for the operation of that plunger are retained. Successive movements of the transfer mechanism cause the packages P to advance through channel 300 to a point where they are opposite a short longitudinal. channel 310 comprising side members 312 and a top plate 314;, and the righthand side member 302 of channel 300 is apertured to permit the pack ages to pass endwise into the short channel 310 and from that channel to the passage, in which aperture is provided for the positioning of the pouch wrapper blanks, as in the previous embodiment of the invention. Plunger 47 in this case is positioned to move a package from the outwardend of channel through channel 810 to the pouch wrapper applying mechanism, which acts as in the previous embodiment of the invention. The pouch wrapper applying mechanism is omitted in Figure 15 for the longitudinal but itmay be substantisake of simplicity,

ally as in the previous embodiment, with the exception of devices for moving the lateral plunger 32 employed in that emb-odi ment of the invention, Bolt holes 315 are shown in the supplemental table 20 for the connection of the pouch wrapper applying mechanism. The fulcrum point 53 oi? lever 51 is moved outward somewhat to provide the necessary longer stroke of plunger 4.7. lnthis simplified embodiment of the invention the longitudinal movement of the embryo packages after they are brou'ghtout by plate 5 and associated parts is dispensed with, and the packages simply move straight out in line with the original delivery movement of the machine and are then moved once at a right angle to thefirst line 0t movement, for the application of pouch wrappers.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that my attachment mechanism provides cup wrapper applying mechanism conveniently locatedin relation toa main packaging machine, and means (consisting particularly, in this embodiment, of the and the feed plungers) for maintaining the packages delivered by the mainmachine in properv condition of compression and with their initial or intermediate wrappers maintained in proper positions about the group of cigarettes, from the point of delivery from the main machine to the time of application of the cup wrappers,

Other suitable mechanism may be provided for transferring or conveying the packages from the main machine to the cupwrapper applying mechanism, and another specific form of such mechanism which also embodies the important features oi maintaining the packages in proper condition during transfer is shown in a companion application; and certain of the broader claims herein cover such alternative transfer mechanism, as well as many other structures, combinations and sub-combinations or parts, which are equivalent to structures described in the present claims; and l. do not limit myself to details, exfiept' as particularly pointed out in the claims following.

What I claim is:.

L'Mechanism for applying pouch wrappers to embryo ranged for co-operation with a cigarette packaging machinecomprising an intermittently-moving rotary horizontal mold table provided with pockets in which the embryo packages are formed and means tor moving the completed embryo package from the pockets at one station to a delivery point, sail mechanism comprising means for ap plying pouch wrappers to the successive embryo packages, means for i'olding the wrappers into pouch form about the packand transverse teed ch annelscigarette packages and ar- "pers to, embryo cigarette packages, and

ages, and means arranged .for connection with an operative part of said machine for moving the embryo packages livery point to said pouch wrapper applying means.

2. Mechanism for applying pouch wrap pers to embryo cigarette packages and ar-' ranged forfco-operation with a cigarette packaging machine comprising an intermittently-moving rotary horizontal mold table provided with pockets in packages are formed and the completed embryo which the embryo package from the pockets at one station to a delivery point, sald mechanism compr sing means for gumpackaging machine comprising an -intermittently-moving rotary horizontal mold table providedwith pockets in which the embryo packages are formed and means for moving the completed embryo package from the pockets at one station to a delivery point, said mechanism comprising means for gumming and applying successive pouchwrappers to successive embryo packages, means for forming the pouch wrappers about the embryo packages, and ring the embryo packages from said delivery point of the packaging machine to said applying means.

l. Mechanism for applying pouch wrappers to embryo cigarette packages and arranged tor co-operation with a cigarette packaging machine comprising an intermittently-moving rotary provided with pockets in packages are formed and means for moving the completed embryo package from the pockets at one station to a delivery'point. said mechanism comprising a base adapted for connection to said packaging machine and mechanism mounted on said base in-' cluding pouch wrapper feeding and p'o'sioperative part 01 said machine for moving successive embryo packages through said from said demeans for IllOVlllg? means for transferhorizontal mold table whichthe embryo ion channel, and'means for folding successively positioned wrappers in pouch form upon successive embryo packages.

5. Mechanism for applying pouch wraparranged for co-operation with a cigarette packaging machine comprising an intermittently-moving rotary horizontal mold table provided ith ockets in which the embry packages are formed and means for moving the completed embryo package from the pockets at one station to a delivery point, said mechanism comprising means for applying pouch wrappers to the successive embryo packages, means for folding the wrappers into pouch form about the packages, and means arranged for connection with an operative part of said machine for moving the embryo packages from said delivery the completed embryo package from the base including pockets at one station to a delivery point, said mechanism comprising means for gumming and applying successive pouch wrappers to successive embryo packages, and means for transferring the embryo packages from said delivery point of the packaging machine to said applying means, said last named means including a channel adapted to contain a series of the embryo packages.

7. Mechanism for applying pouch wrappers to embryo cigarette packages and arranged for co-operatlon with a cigarette r packaging machine comprising an intermittently-moving rotary horizontal mold table provided with pockets in which the embryo packages are formed and means for moving the completed embryo package from the pockets at one station to a delivery point, said mechanism comprising means for gumming and applying successive pouch wrappers to successive embryo packages, means for forming the pouch wrappers about the embryo packages, and means for transferring the embryo packages from said delivery point of the packaging machine to said applying means, said last named means including a channel adapted to contain a series of the embryo packages, and also adapted to maintain the wrapper formations of the embryo packages during advance movement.

8. Mechanism for applying pouch wrappers t0 embryo cigarette packages and arranged for co-operation with a cigarette packaging machine comprising an intermittently-moving rotary horizontal mold table provided with pockets in which the embryo packages are formed and means for moving the completed embryo package from the pockets at one station to a delivery point, said mechanism comprising a. base adapted for connection to said packaging machine and mechanism mounted on said pouch wrapper feeding and positioning means, a conveyor channel leading from the delivery point of said machine to said positioning means, said channel being of a length to contain a plurality of the embryo packages, package impelling means arranged for connection with an operative part of said machine for moving successive embryo packages through said channel, and means for folding successively positioned wrappers in pouch form upon successive embryo packages.

9; Cigarette packaging mechanism comprising arotary table having a series of pockets in which initially wrapped embryo packages are presented at a delivery point,

means for moving the embryo packages away from the pockets at said delivery point, a channel arranged to receive the packages as they are so moved and to accommodate a series of the packages, means for'moving the packages successively endwise from the dischargeend of said channel, and means for automaticallypresenting wrapper sheets in I front of the packages so advanced and for shaping the wrappers in pouch form about the embryo packages.

10. The combination with a cigarette packaging machine in which initially wrapped embryo packages are presented by a rotary pocketed table successively at a delivery point and the embryo packages are moved laterally away from the pockets, of automatic pouch wrapping mechanism comprising a conveyor channel arranged to receive the packages as they are moved from the pockets and to contain a series of the packages and maintain their wrapped formation, means for discharging the packages successively endwise from the end of said channel, means for presenting pouch wrappers in front of the advancing embryo packages,.and means for folding the wrappers into'pouch form upon the packages.

11. The combination with means for successively advancing and initially wrapping groups of cigarettes or similar articles and delivering the successive initially wrapped packages at a discharge point, of means for successively presenting cup wrappers for application to said packages and means for omitting the presentation of a cup wrapper in a definite relation to the omission of a package by the initial wrapping mechanism.

12. In machine for packagingcigarettes and like articles, means for wrapping successive groups of cigarettes and delivering the initially wrapped packages successively at a discharge point, means for automatically applying cup wrappers to the packages, and means for omitting a cup wrapper in definite relation to the omission of an initially wrapped package.

13. In machine for packaging cigarettes for grouping'and wrapping successive cigasion of an initially Wrapped means operating in 001111111Ctl011 with the rettes to form a succession of initially Wrapped packages, of means for automatically applying pouch Wrappers to said packages, of means for detecting the omispackage, and

detecting means and in definite relation to the operation of the grouping and Wrapping means and the pouch Wrapper applying "means to cause a corresponding omission in the operation of the last named means.

14. Cigarette packaging mechanism comprising means for forming and advancing embryo packages past different stations to a 'discharge point, means for automatically applying cup wrappers to embryo packages,

said means comprising means for feeding cup Wrappers successively, means for detecting the omission of aipackage at a station anterior to said discharge point, and means operating in conjunction with said detecting means for producing a skip at a point in the succession ofqcup Wrappers 1n properrelation to the location of the position of said detector with respect to said discharge point and operative characteristics-of said transferring means. i i i 15. The combination Witha machine for forming embryo cigarette pac-kagesand moving them past several stations to a discharge point, of automatic cup-Wrapper applying means operated in; connection Withsaid machine and including means for intermit tently feeding a series of cup Wrappers at 'a "point forapplication to the embryo ages, i'neans for transferring the embryo packages from said discharge point to said pointof application and arranged to operate in timed relation to sa d machine, and means iyacting upon thev omission of aiiembryo package by said machine to omit a cupwrapper at a proper point in the series fed by said cup-Wrapperapplyingmeans. V

16. The combination With a machine for {forming embryo cigarette packages and'moving them past several stations to a discharge point, of automatic cup-Wrapperv applying means operated inconnection with said ma-. chine andincluding means for intermittently "feeding a series of cup Wrappers at a point for application to the embryo packages,

. plying means packages from said packfolding the Wrappers,

the embryo packages for automatically detector acting a means.

with a machine for forming embryo cigarette packages and moving them past several stations toa dischargepoint, of automatic cup-Wrapper ap operated in connection With said machine and including means for intermittently feeding a series of cup Wrappers at a point for application to the'embryo packages, means for transferring the embryo I discharge point to said point of application andarranged to operate in timed relation to said machine, and means acting upon the omission of an embryo pack age by said machine to omit a cup Wrapper at a proper point in the series fed by said cup- Wrapper applying means, said cup Wrapper omitting means comprising a detector located at one of said stations, anelectric circuit controlled by said detector, an electro-magnet in said circuit and a clutch operated by theelectro-mag-net to effect the cup-Wrapper omission. 1

.18. Cup Wrapper applying mechanism arranged as anpackaging machine in which initially Wrapped cigarette packages are successively delivered, said mechanism comprising means for automatically gumming and applying cup Wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine.

19.- Cup Wrapper applying mechanism arattachment for a cigarette ranged asan attachment for acigarette' packaging machine. in which initially Wrapped cigarette packages are successively delivered, said mechanism comprising means for automatically applying cup Wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, and means for folding the Wrappers into complete cup form about the packages.

20. Cup Wrapper applying-mechanism arranged as an attachment for a cigarette packaging machine Wrapped cigarette in which initially,

packages are successively delivered, said mechanism comprising means for automatically applying cup Wrappers to successive-packages delivered by said machine, means for transferring the packages from the machine dischargepoint to said cup-Wrapper applying means, and means for tions into complete packages. a

.21. Cup Wrapper, applying mechanism arranged as an attachment for a cigarette packaging ,machine in which cup form about the Wrapped cigarette packages are successively delivered, said mechanism comprising means gumming and applying cup rappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, and means for trans: ferring the packages from the machine discharge point to said cup-Wrapper, applying '22. Cup Wrapper-applying mechanism arranged as an attachment for a cigarette initially acka in machine in. which by successive opera initially.

Wrapped cigarette packages are successively delivered, said mechanism comprising means for automatically gumming and applying cup Wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, means for transfer ring the packages from the machine dis charge point to said cup-wrapper applying means, and means for folding theyvrappers by successive operations into complete cup form about the packages.

23. Cup Wrapper applying mechanism arranged as an attachment for a cigarette packaging machine in which initially Wrapped cigarette packages are successively presented at a discharge point, said attachment mechanism comprising means for automatically gumming and applying cup wrappers to the successive packages, and means for transferring the packages successively from the discharge point of the packaging machine to said cup-Wrapper applying means and maintaining the initially Wrapped packages in proper condition. during the transfer.

24. Cup Wrapper applying mechanism arranged as an attachment for a cigarette packaging machine in which initially Wrapped cigarette packages are successively presented at a discharge point, said attachment mechanism comprising means for automatically applying cup Wrappers to the successive packages, means for transferring the packages successively from the discharge point of the packaging machine to said cup- Wrapper applying means and maintaii'iing the initially Wrapped packages in proper condition during the transfer, and means for folding the wrappers into complete cup form. about the packages.

25. The combination With a machine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at a discharge point, of means for automatically applying cup Wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, and means for forming said Wrappers into complete cup-Wrapper enclosures for the packages.

26. The combination With amachine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at a discharge point, of means forautomatically gumming and applying cup Wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine.

.27. The combination With a machine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at a discharge point, of means for automatically gumming and applying cup Wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, and means for forming said Wrappers into complete cup-Wrapper enclosures'for the packages.

28. The combination With a machine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at a discharge point, of means for autoniiatically applying cup Wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, means for transferring the packages from the discharge point of said machine to said cupivrapper applying means, and means for forming said wrappers into complete cup- Wrapper enclosures for the packages.

29. The combination with a machine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at a discharge point, of means for automatically gumming and applying cupwrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, and means for transferring the packages from. the discharge point of said machine to said cup-Wrapper applying means.

30. The combination with a machine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at adischarge point, of means for automatically gumming and applying cup Wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, means for transferring the packages from the discharge point of said machine to said cup-Wrapper applying means, and means for folding the Wrappers by successive operations into complete cup form about the packages:

31. The combination with a machine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at a discharge point, of means for automatically gumming and applying cup-wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine, and means for transferring the packages from the discharge point of said ma chine to said cup Wrapper applying means and for maintaining the packages in formduring transfer.

32. The combination with a machine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at a discharge point, of means for automatically applying cupwvrappers to successive packages delivered by said maehine, means for transferring the packages from the discharge point of said machine to said cup Wrapper applying means and for maintaining the packages in form during transfer, and means for folding the Wrappers by successive operations into complete cup form about the packages.

33. The combination with a machine for forming and initially Wrapping and successively delivering cigarette packages at a discharge point, of means for automatically gumming and applying cupavrappers to suecessive packages delivered by said machine, means for transferring the packages from the discharge point of said machine to said cup Wrapper applying means and for mainthe packages in form during transtaining means for fOldlll the Wrappers by fer, and

, about the packages.

ranged as an attachment for a packaging livery point '34:. Cup wrapper applying mechanism arcigarette packaging machine in which initially wrapped cigarette packages are successively delivered, said mechanism comprising a base attachable to a. stationary part of said machine, automatic cup wrapper applying mechanism on said base, means for transferring packages successively from the delivery point of said "machine to said cupwrapper applying mechanism, and means for folding the wrappers into complete cup form about the packages.

Cup wrapperapplying mechanism arranged as an attachment for a cigarette machine inwhich initially wrapped cigarette packages aresuccessively delivered, said mechanism comprising a base attachable to a stationary part of said machine, automatic cup-wrapper gumming and applying mechanism onsaid base, means for transferring packages successively from. the delivery point of said machine to said cup Wrapper applying mechanism, and driving connections from operative parts of said machine to said cup -wrapper applying mechanism and said transferring means.

36. Cup wrapper applying mechanism arranged as an attachment for a cigarette packaging machine in which. initially wrapped cigarette packages are successively delivered, said mechanism comprising a base attachable to a, stationary part of said machine, automatic cup wrapper applying mechanism on said base, means for trans ferring packages successively from the deof said machine to said cupwrapper applying mechanism, means for folding parts of said cup wrapper successively about the package to form a complete cup wrapper enclosure, and driving connections from operative partsof said machine to said cup-wrapper applying mechanism and said transferring means.

. aging machine having meansfor preparing 37. Cup wrapper applying mechanism arranged as an attachment for a cigarette packaging machine in v which initially wrapped cigarette packages are successively delivered, said mechanism comprising a base attachable to a stationary part of said machine, automatic cup wrapper applying mechanism on said base,

means carried by said base for transferring packages succes sively from the delivery point of said machine to said cup-wrapper applying mechanism, and means for folding the cup wrapper into complete cup form about the packages.

38. The combination with a cigarette packa succession of initially wrapped cigarette packages and means for delivering the packages successlvely before an e ecting plunger,

the packages in proper wrappers to successive packages, means for transferring the packages successively from the e ecting plunger to the cup Wrapper applying means and maintaining the formand compression of the packages during transfer, and'means for folding the cup wrapper .into complete cup form about the packages.

39. The combination with a aging machine having means a succession of initially packages and means for delivering the packages successively before an ejecting plunger, of means for automatically applying .cup wrappers to successive packages and means for transferring the packages successively from the ejecting plunger to the cup wrapper-applying means and maintaining the form and compression of. the packages dur ing transfer, means for folding the cup wrappers into complete cup form about the packages,

cigarette pack for preparing tween a part of said transferring means and the plunger operating mechanism, of said packaging machine.

40. The combination with'a cigarette packaging machinecomprising means .for forming and initially wrapping successive cigarette packages, and including an operating shaft, of means for automatically applying cup-wrappers to successive packages delivered from said machine, means for transferring the packages from the packaging machine to the cup wrapper applying means, means for foldingthe cup wrappers into complete cup form about the packages, and an operative connection from said shaft to said cup-wrapper applying means.

41'. The combination with a cigarette packaging machine comprising 'means for forming and initially wrapping successive cigarette packages and presenting them at a delivery point, and including a rotary table,

a stationary table, an ejecting plunger and an operating shaft, of means for automatically applying cup wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machine in front of the ejecting-plunger, means for transferring the packages from the delivery point of the ejecting plunger to the cup wrapper applying means, said transferring means being constructed and arranged to maintain form for application to the cup wrappers, and means for folding the packages.

42. The combination with a cigarette packaging machine comprising means for forming and initially wrapping successive cigarette packages and presenting them at a delivery point, and including a rotary table, astationary table, an ejecting plunger and an operating shaft, of means for automatically applying cup wrappers to successive packages delivered by said machinein wrapped cigarette and an operative connection be-,

the cup wrappers into complete form about 

